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FIRE ESCAPE.

' No. 338,843. 4 Patented Mar. 30, 1886.

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' BY %.JZ WM W ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS ILSE, OF EVANSTON, WYOMING TERRITORY.

FIRE-ESCAPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,843, dated March 30, 1886.

Application filed September 9, 1885. Serial No. 176,591.

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGTsTUs ILsE, of

- Evanston, in the county of Uinta and Territory of YVyoming, have invented a new and Improved Fire-Escape, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, inwhich similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view showing the method of using my new and improved fireescape, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a window-frame having appliances for the attachment and operation of the fireescape.

The invention will first be described in 0011- nection with the drawings, andthen pointed out in the claims.

The fire-escape proper consists of the car or basket A, and ring B, to which the basket A is attached by the ropes or connections a a. The ring B has the rope 0 attached to it, by which the fire-escape is raised and lowered, and the ring is attached to the guide-rope D, which is attached at one end to the windowframe E, or cross-bar or rod F thereof, and is arranged to be anchored or tied at the other end away from the wall G of the building to swing the fireescape clear of the wall, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The rope C from the ring B passes up over the roller or pulley H on the shaft 1, held in the window-frame below the cross bar or rod F, and when the fire-escapeis to be operated by persons on the street, or when the escape is to be operated by aperson in the car or basket A, the rope G passes from the pulley H down through the ring B, as shown in Fig. 1, and for this latter purpose I provide the ring B with the central. crossrod 0, on which the pulley Z) is mounted, for the rope O to runin or against to reduce friction. The ring B, besides being provided with the pulley I), is provided also with the pulley (Z, to confine and run upon the guiderope D, and this pulley is mounted upon the small rod d, passed through the flanges or (No model.)

lugs e 6, formed at the outer edge of the ring, the guide rope being passed between the flanges and between the pulley and body of the ring, as shown clearly in Fig. 1.

When the fireescape is not in use, it will be kept inside the window in the building, and in use the guide-rope D will be thrown out of the window, and its lower end anchored or made fast at a suitable distance from the building, as across the street. The rope C will then be thrown to persons on the ground, and the persons to escape will enter the car or basket A, and be lowered to the ground by letting away the rope O. In case there is no assistance at hand on the ground, a person in the car or basket will grasp the rope O, and by letting away, permit the fire-escape and its contents to lower slowly to the ground, which can be safely done, the fire-escape at all times following the guide-rope D.

By drawing in upon the rope O the fire-es cape may be raised and lowered, as circumstances require.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a fire-escape, the ring B, having basket A attached, and provided with the central pulley, b, and side pulley, d, mounted on a shaft held in flanges, which, with the pulley and body of the ring, confine the guide-rope D, substantially as described.

2. The window frame E, provided with cross-bar F, to which the guide-rope D is attached, and with the cross-bar I. having pulley H, over which the rope 0 passes, in combination with the ring B and attached basket A, the ring being provided with side pulley, d, and central pulley, b, and the rope 0 being attached to one side of the ring and passed over the pulley H, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

AUGUSTUS ILSE.

lVitnesses:

EMIL PAULG, ABNER WADE. 

